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Gayle King celebrated a special evening in Paris with her close friend Oprah Winfrey on Wednesday, just after announcing her renewed contract with CBS.
The 71-year-old journalist and the 72-year-old television icon dined at the historic Laperouse restaurant, a Parisian landmark established in 1766, known as one of the city’s oldest dining establishments.
For the occasion, King donned an elegant white dress, complementing it with a brown Stella McCartney Falabella handbag, valued at $1,170. Earlier in the day, she and Oprah attended Stella McCartney’s Fall/Winter fashion show.
Oprah, meanwhile, showcased her svelte figure in a stylish salmon blazer paired with tan trousers. She, too, sported a Stella McCartney bag, opting for the $2,050 Ryder woven design.
Their dinner outing followed a high-profile appearance at Stella McCartney’s Paris Fashion Week show, where they were seen alongside Sir Paul McCartney, 83, and his wife, Nancy, 66, in the front row.
Later on King flashed a bright smile as she made her way into the restaurant to celebrate her new deal.
Gayle King, 71, enjoyed a night out with longtime friend Oprah, 72, in Paris on Wednesday, hours after revealing she signed a new deal with CBS
Earlier on Wednesday it was revealed that King has signed a deal to stay with CBS Mornings. The broadcaster’s editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, 41, shared the news to X, after months of speculation about King’s network future.
The post included a quote from King herself. She triumphantly told The Wall Street Journal that ‘rumors of my demise were inaccurate and greatly exaggerated.’
‘CBS News is my longtime home, and I am committed to our mission,’ the anchor added. She has been with CBS Mornings since 2011.
The host’s old contract was valued at around $15 million-a-year and was set to expire this May.
‘I’m excited about continuing at “CBS Mornings,”‘ King continued. ‘As always, I’m open to new adventures here and ready to go.’
‘It took a minute, but we got there. And now that we are here, I am all in,’ she added.
The remarks appeared to reference an increasingly new-look CBS News under Weiss, as well as the time devoted to the still-shrouded contract negotiations.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed as of Wednesday afternoon.
Sources told Variety in January that Weiss was willing to keep King on, though at a cost. The former New York Times opinion journalist saw the star as too expensive, sources said at the time.
The journalist and the TV mogul were spotted grabbing dinner at the iconic Laperouse restaurant, which first opened in 1766 and is one of the oldest eateries in the city
Oprah opted for a chic salmon blazer paired with tan pants
She carried a $2,050 Stella McCartney Ryder bag in the woven style
Earlier in the day they attended the designer’s Fall/Winter fashion show
Oprah showed off her slimmed-down figure after losing weight with the help of weight loss medicationÂ
The ladies enjoyd McCartney’s Paris Fashion Week show from the front row
They were seen mingling with Sir Paul McCartney, 83, and his wife Nancy McCartney, 66
Earlier on Wednesday it was revealed that King has signed a deal to stay with CBS Mornings, after months of speculation about her future with the network
A few months before, in August, a well-placed CBS source told the Daily Mail that King’s contract would ‘most likely’ not be renewed come May, aware that Weiss was about to take the reins.
Weiss’s first order of business in October was laying off more than 1,000 staff – while extending a sort of olive branch to King, according to Variety.
One of the options was to keep King on the air at CBS Mornings for another year though at a lower salary, sources told the publication.
The Daily Mail has approached CBS for comment.
Another early move from Weiss – who was appointed by also-new Paramount CEO David Ellison with the expectation of being a disruptor – was elevating King’s former cohost, Tony Dokoupil, to CBS Evening News.